I typed out a long explanation for why I took a break, the things that are preventing me from streaming, and how much I miss it, and then I remembered that time a mod removed my post because “it was basically just a senseless rant” and decided to just say this. Does anyone have any advice or stories about taking breaks from streaming? Specifically the coming back side of things

I spent a few hours trying to figure out a way to stream my gameplay from my gaming PC using my MacBook Pro as a "streaming PC" to handle the streaming load while my main PC just does the gaming part. After a few hours and many YouTube videos later, I got it working but couldn't get the game audio to come through on the stream or on my headphones. Wanted to get some insight and opinions on this issue. Is there an effective way to do this or should I just use a windows computer for my streaming PC? (I'm already thinking of ditching this thing for a windows laptop anyway)

It was working not to long ago but all of the sudden I can't chat, is it a bug or some sort removal of my profile?

Hello there

So let me preface this by saying I'm gonna start streaming soon. What I have in mind is a Rune Level 1 Run of Elden Ring. It's my comfort game (how weird am I huh) and I always wanted to challenge myself so why not.

Now, I'm very camera shy, I don't have a problem speaking but I really dislike being on camera. I know why, I'm insecure in my looks and I feel like being on camera will make me not be myself, as in I will not be able to relax. I've done some research and many people say one should absolutely use a camera since it deepens the connection with the viewers and helps people stay engaged in your stream.

So, should I bite the bullet and try with a webcam? Or maybe do it without it for a while and see if I'm getting anywhere?

Hi guys, I’ve been streaming for roughly a month, 4 days a week roughly 4 hours each stream. I set a goal to reach 10 followers, and I’ve still not hit that goal. Currently I can’t afford a proper setup and my current extremely slow laptop cannot run OBS, so things are quite basic, but using all benefits that PS5 streaming gives (which isn’t a lot) I get viewers and people talking, but why aren’t they following? Am I doing something wrong? Confidence isn’t my strongest asset, but I do try and not show it.

Do redemptions not show up in VODs? As to who redeemed what? I was watching a VOD and realized somebody redeemed points and thought it was odd that they were being addressed for something that wasn't in the chat. Is this normal for VODs? I thought it showed everything

If someone in chat is reported, is the streamer (who was not part of the report at all) notified of either side of the report (who send the report vs who was reported).

I saw this one google:

your identity will not be revealed to the reported party

but the specific wording they use is "reported party" which sounds not entirely anonymous (I'm not sure if partners are notified is someone/ or even a mod is reported).

Everytime I try to add an extension through twitch I get the message "something went wrong, please try again"

I got it last night and thought maybe it was a bad day for twitch. Nope still not working today, thought maybe it was my Chromebook, NOPE not working on my phone.

Idk what the issue even is and I can't find a solution online. So here I am.

I can't add an extension through the app either

Does anyone know what's up and/or how to fix it?

Inventory's "in progress" section doesn't show.

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I'm on Win 11 and Firefox. I've tried deleting cache on twitch.tv, other browsers (Chrome and Edge) and turning off ad-blocker and the firewall with no results.

Edit: I've tried the Android app, same problem. I've tried someone else's account on my PC and theirs was unaffected by the problem.

Any ideias?

I stream from Japan for French people. I speak in French etc. and I set the language to French. and despite that at the end of my streams on the stats recap I have about 75% of people who come from Japan. in addition even if I put the French language when I go to the category I do not appear. help me please

As a small streamer, I know the struggle of building an audience while competing with hundreds (or thousands) of other streamers. Like many others, I’ve been exploring ways to grow through platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.

Lately, I’ve been experimenting with different formats and spending a good chunk of my free time editing content instead of streaming to 1 or no viewers. To make things easier, I use the "Clip That" or "Add Stream Marker" functions while live to bookmark moments I want to edit later, saving me from scrubbing through the entire VOD.

Clips have been pretty helpful since you can pre-convert them to vertical format, which works great for TikTok and YouTube Shorts. But I haven’t found stream markers as useful—I couldn’t figure out how to create Clips from them or export the content directly into a vertical format to save editing time (and let’s be honest, time is precious).

What workflows or tools do you all use to create content for social media from your streams? Would love to hear how you approach this!

I wanna code my own chatbox. I don't wanna rely on a pre-made design. How can I do that? Advice?

I want to start streaming and was wondering if I took a dab off camera but you could see the smoke and I was coughing on camera and basically you knew what I did if I would still need to label the video?

I made a new account and I need to log into this account to unlink my phone number, whenever I go to reset the password it does this, can someone PLEASE help

Hi hi! New here and not good with tech stuff- I finally managed to get the affiliate requirements and one of the onboarding process thing was enabling 2 factor authentication.

I kept trying to have my phone number verified but it's not sending the codes needed. My signal is fine and I didn't put in the wrong number- I also tried looking online what to do but I don't get it-

Please help 🥺 thank you so much.

I've been messing around and I think using my bass and trying to make it clear and louder would be my best bet. When I force my voice to be louder it sounds so boring. Anyone relate and have any advice? Somehow. people are still watching but listening to it I just think I have to adjust my settings a lot for it to actually be appealing.

Any tips or recommended mic presets would be great currently have the basics added to my mic on obs through a YouTube video and I raised my high and lows a bit but that'll need to be adjusted more

So this might be a bit of a dumb question but I thought i'd try to get a detailed answer if anyone has one.

Does having too many scenes or too many sources on a scene cause any performance issues with your chosen streaming software?

For example, I'm using Streamlabs. I have 9 scenes atm for various things, and on each scene i have various sources. I was wondering IF having say 20 scenes or say 5 sources on a scene vs 30 sources would cause any performance issues? Would trying to reduce scenes or sources improve performance?

I'm not having any issues atm but i'm curious and trying to future proof haha

If so, what's your preferred number of scenes and sources?

As a small Streamer it feels impossible to make use of knowing multiple languages, I speak English, Italian and Czech but all my content has been in English. I don't know how I could use knowing other languages to my benefit. I don't even have the sexy Italian to profit from.

How do you decide who gets VIP on your Twitch channel? For me, VIP is something I give to regulars who have been around for a while, subscribed for a long time, or are just genuinely kind and positive in chat. I also have a channel points reward for VIP, which I think is a fun way to let people who lurk or watch often earn it.

Recently, someone in my chat suggested (publicly) that another viewer should be made VIP, which created an awkward vibe. It made me wonder why that person should get VIP over others, and it kind of felt like the viewers were playing favorites. It’s also tricky because I feel like it’s my decision, not the viewers’.

Do people ever ask you to make someone VIP? How do you deal with situations like this without making it awkward for everyone else?

Hi,

A streamer is using markers during 5h+ streams.

Could I see the list of markers and jump to marker timestamps while watching the replay ?

Thanks

Alright, streamers, I need some intel.

Been seeing people use soundbars or other setups to spice up their streams. Looks sick, not gonna lie.

I know there’s software like Soundpad on Steam, but I wanna hear from people who’ve actually used them. Are they worth it, or should I just save up for some dedicated hardware?

Also, I already have so much tied to hotkeys—switching scenes, managing overlays, and since I’m a VTuber, there’s even more to juggle. Adding sound effects feels like it could get chaotic real quick.

If you’ve got go-to setups, programs, or tips for keeping it simple, hit me up please. Let me know if this is the move or just another streamer gimmick. Appreciate y’all!

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as you can see it says "Failed to load module" I tried deactivated all my extension, deleting my cache, hard refreshing but nothing seemed to work. I cant seem to chat or click any of the buttons shown as well, does anyone know a solution?

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I have swapped to Firefox and I am wondering how I can get that Uptime Timer on Streams again - picture is from Chrome -

Is there some addon that shows that?

Buenas, alguien podría ayudarme con un error que me arroja mi TV al iniciar Twitch carga la app, aparecen los streams pero luego de un segundo arroja un error de que no es soportada, siempre vi y desde un día para otro dejo de funcionar, muchas gracias ! #samsung

Anyone have any great alternatives to a headset for a mic so that my hair doesnt get ruined from having a headset strapped to my dome for 4 hours during a stream?

Hey, I'm relatively a small twitch streamer and I've been trying gain my exposure and grow a community. I've streamed a couple of times this year with over 2-5 hours a day and I know twitch's algorithm is horrible I don't have a mic nor face cam so should I use TikTok live on my phone for the cam and have the viewers come from there to go to twitch?

I have the arcane twitch drop for valorant, I claim it to my account but when I open valorant I don't receive anything, solution?

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Hello, was try out they app for generating clips from twitch vods. Its kind a make my live easier i even pay subscription fee. Recently, like yesterday the start getting some, probably technical issues with converting clips to vertical content for platforms. it take long ass time, i do 3 clips and longest one take 14h to make. I use schedule think and basically i like everything even with AI who do the work terrible. It do well on popular shooter games like Warzone or Frotnite. But as soon you enter other regions even when they have game listed it just took random clips based on nothing. Most of sites can done only couple of popular games but it was first one who try to hid it and pretend like they can and pretend it to be true. Not a bit deal you can do like voice commands or some other shenanigans to get around... workable. But was kill it for me it was support, when clips do not convert i go for support, they have terrible bot but ok at end he give me to agent who will anywhere me ASAP and it take like 10+h. At what point i was already angry and put out all the issues i have. When Agent show up, it pick a random one and tell well we will look ap about your complain about discord bots. wish mi good day and disappeared, nothing about my issues just cherry picked one of complains and whuala solved. Keep in mind one of promotions tell the for even more money you can get support like that 24/7. Well ok i go tho they Discord to find out what is going on, bdw discord is a nightmare. As soon as you enter they channel you start to get dms and friend request from bots who pretend to be streamers who really like your work and want to colab with you and do a lot of things and all they need is some info :D I got in i see a bunch of people crying about same thing as me, an i was answering one of them who told he wait more then h and as how long it will take. I told him my story and got timed out for a week and my messages was deleted because they are negative. Nice plan to stick with just ignore all issues, pretend they are not there, bane and erase all other opinions. Defiantly will not pay them a dime anymore, so if someone have some alternatives more than welcome to share.